-ceps

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛps] === Etymology 1 === From Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic *-kaputis, from the same root as caput, with *-kaputis > *-kapts. The suffix vowel was most likely lost by analogy to -ceps (“-catcher”). ==== Alternative forms ==== -cipes (rare in Classical Latin) ==== Suffix ==== -ceps (genitive -cipitis); third-declension one-termination suffix -headed -fold ===== Declension ===== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (the ancient stem of capiō) + *-s, corresponding to Latin cap(iō) +‎ -s. ==== Suffix ==== -ceps m (genitive -cipis); third declension -catcher -taker ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== === References ===